Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Contentful, a modern content platform company, and contribute to building a best-in-class experience for our customers. You will work on a Content Platform team responsible for Content Modelling and Orchestration, focusing on connecting and reusing content within and outside the platform. This role involves solving complex engineering problems, enhancing APIs, leveraging AI, and developing on a modern platform using technologies like AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. The ideal candidate possesses strong experience in designing and building robust distributed systems, expertise in server-side JavaScript and TypeScript, and excellent teamwork and communication skills. Contentful offers a dynamic work environment, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, paid time off, parental leave, professional development opportunities, and a wellbeing stipend.

Requirements

• Experience in designing, building, and delivering robust distributed systems, REST APIs and event-driven architectures
• Strong knowledge and commercial experience working with the server-side JavaScript ecosystem (Node.js) and TypeScript
• Lead by example and be an advocate for agile processes, operational excellence and coding best practices such as test-driven development
• Have strong teamwork skills, open to diverse opinions, able to give reasons for your technical decisions and guide/mentor less seasoned engineers
• Familiarity with automated deployment processes (CI/CD) and version control (Git)
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written (German is not required)

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers in a cross-functional team to build a best-in-class experience for our customers
• Solve complex engineering and Content Modelling problems, enabling our customers even greater flexibility in how they connect and re-use their content
• Enable greater re-use and customization of Contentful through enhancements to our App Framework
• Continuously enhance REST and GraphQL API experiences that consistently cater to billions of requests every month
• Get involved in our journey to leverage AI to enhance user experience, streamline operations and unlock new capabilities
• Develop on our Platform with modern services like AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of functional programming principles, GraphQL and React is a plus

Benefits

• Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
• Comprehensive healthcare package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents
• Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family
• A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, compassion days for loss, education days, and volunteer days
• Company paid parental leave to care for and focus on your growing family
• Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
• Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
• An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
• A monthly communication stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement
• New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best